The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJIIn Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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